Randy Weeks could handle the truth. In all the years that I have written column items about Denver Center Attractions productions, he never admonished me when I didn’t like or walked out on a particular play or musical at The Buell Theatre.
But we weren’t done. The professional relationship I so valued was cut short when the DCPA president and Broadway Executive Director died Oct. 9 during a trip to London to attend the Independent Producers Network conference. He was 59.
The public is invited to honor Weeks, along with his family, during a Celebration of Life at 4 p.m. Nov. 3 on the stage of The Buell Theatre.
His obituary read: “If there were a Tony Award for Best Broadway Presenter, DCPA President and Broadway Executive Director D. Randall ‘Randy’ Weeks would have received it. But perhaps it was a bigger honor to receive that very award from his national peers at The Broadway League, a group of 700-plus theater owners and operators, producers, presenters and general managers who bring Broadway to more than 30 million people in New York and more than 200 cities across North America. He was a giant among giants.”
Memorial gifts can be made to The Randy Weeks Memorial Fund for the Bobby G Awards, which supports the advancement of musical theater for Colorado high school students. Please make checks payable to Denver Center for the Performing Arts and mail to: DCPA Development Office, 1101 13th St, Denver, 80204.
A tribute on Oct. 10 throughout the Denver Performing Arts Complex included dimmed lights, pre-show announcements, a moment of silence and visual displays. A compilation of this tribute can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLexX4WflzoclPIf3dSl5aR0Y5H2yvFc7g&v=8Jxy-6b7WKA.
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